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Date:      Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:37:00 +0100
From:      Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de>
To:        Matt of the Long Red Hair <mattp@conundrum.com>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vmware and disk devices 
Message-ID:  <200103151837.f2FIb0e09458@peedub.muc.de>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Mar 2001 04:21:16 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103150408480.558-100000@aeon.conundrum.com> 

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Matt of the Long Red Hair writes:
> "CDROM: Unable to open '/dev/cd0c': Device not configured"
> "Device scsi0:0 will start disconnected."
> "Device floppy0 will start disconnected."
> "Device RTC will start disconnected."
> 
> If I try to connect any of the above once the virtual machine is running, I
> get variations on the same errors.  '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/rtc.sh start' has
> been run, and if I try to run it again I get an error that the module is
> already loaded.
> 
> Here's what I've got:
> 
> set up for win98
> SCSI 0:0 set up for device-type CD-ROM, name "/dev/cd0c" (I've also tried
> cd0a)
> first floppy device type "Device", path "/dev/fd0.1440" (I've also tried fd0,
> fd0a, fd0c)
> 
> The floppy problem I think may be related to my kernel -- I just upgraded to
> 4.3-BETA, and with the floppy device move away from the fdc0 and fd0 devices
> toward ata and atapifd I'm not sure I've got things set up properly.
> 
> The CD I'm baffled by though.  Here's my dmesg output for it:
> 
> cd0 at sym0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0
> cd0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-6201TA 1030> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device 
> cd0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 16)
> 
> Anyone have any ideas?  


Yes, don't forget that vmware is running under the linuxulator.
vmware is looking devices under /compat/linux/dev, _not_ /dev.
Try making symbolic links from /dev into /compat/linux/dev.

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Gary Jennejohn / garyj@jennejohn.org gj@freebsd.org

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